Visit to the Baird's

 In October we went to Provo to take care of my sister's kids while they went on a trip to Scotland.

I tried to convince her to take me with them, but she wouldn't. That's alright because we had a great time watching the kids.

 I didn't take many pictures, but we did a lot of fun things. We went and played mini golf, went to the skating rink/bounce house, we played at the park, went our to eat, watched movies, and more.

 The kids all played well together.

 We decorated the driveway with chalk, welcoming home their parents. They loved doing that!

Thee Baird kids were all so happy to see their parents again.

Emily's 4th Birthday

 We were in Mesa for Emily's birthday, so we decided to have a party.

 We invited all of her cousins. Kyle, Rylee, Cody, Zackery, Autumn, Amanda, Benny, Austin, Jeffrey, Jackson, and Wendy.

 We decorated bags, played on the playground, ate cupcakes, and opened gifts.

 She is getting big way too fast!

 Happy Birthday Emily!

Family Pictures

 My mom took some family pictures for us down at the park. I love how they turned out.

Cutest kids ever!

Thanks mom!

Zackery's blessing

 We made a surprise trip to Mesa for a baby blessing. Amos and Eli's new baby Zackary.

 The kids had a lot of fun with cousins.

It was a wonderful day!

Eclipse 2012

 Mardell, Brian and their families came up for the eclipse.

 We drove up to Kolob (along with 1,000 other people) to get a good view.

 It was cool to see. we used two pieces of cardboard to look at the eclipse. (Not as exciting as I had hoped). It was cool to see it go dark in the middle of the afternoon.

 We had a yummy lunch, sandwiches and chips.

It was a great time.

Dad's 64th birthday

We had a family dinner for dad on his birthday.

 We did the obstacle course that they did at cousins week.

 The grandkids did skits about stories from grandpa's life. It was so cute.

 Joey had burned his arm on a fire.

 Haha (sorry dad, I had to).

Happy birthday dad! We love you!